The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy : A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K

Aping, Norbert

McFarland & Co Inc（2008/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 280 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786433025
• DDC分類 791.4372

Full Description

The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release.

This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Foreword by Glenn Mitchell     

Introduction     

Part I: The Production of Atoll K     

1. Preparations     

2. On the Way to the Script     

3. On the Way to Shooting     

4. At Last a Script!     

5. Shooting Begins in Marseilles     

6. Shooting on the Côte d'Azur and in the Studio La Victorine     

7. In the Paris Studio     

8. The Editing     

Part II: Atoll K on the Market     

9. The French Version of Atoll K     

10. The Italian Version Atollo K     

11. The English-Language Version of Atoll K, Robinson Crusoeland     

12. Utopia in the United States of America     

13. Atoll K throughout the World     

14. The German Version of Atoll K, Dick und Doof erben eine Insel     

Appendix 1. Filmography     

Appendix 2. Information in Opening Credits and Distributors' Data     

Appendix 3. Alternative Sequences     

Appendix 4. Scenes Cut from the 100-Minute Version     

Appendix 5. French Box-Office Reports, 1951-1952     

Chapter Notes     

References     

Index